UsingLanguageⅡ

1 A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR As Victor Hugo once said Laughter is the sun drives winter from the human face and nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin He bright the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years He made people laugh 每次 when they felt depressed so they could feel more 满意 with their lives 并非 that Charlies own life was easy He was born in a poor family in 1889 His parents were both poor music hall perform You may find it astonish that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk Such training 常见 acting families at this time especially when the family income was often uncertain 不幸 his father died 使得他家庭更穷 so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother By his 十几岁 Charlie had through his humourous become one of the most popular child actors in England He could mime and 模仿傻子做日常的工作 No one was ever bored watching him his subtle acting made everything e 滑稽可笑 As time went by he began making films He 越来越受欢迎 as his charming character the little tramp became known throughout the world The tramp a poor homeless man with a 胡子 wore large trousers 破 shoes and a small round black hat He 他手里拿着一根手杖迈着僵硬的步 伐四处走动 This character was a social f 失败者 but was loved for 乐观的精神和战胜困难的决心 He was the underdog was kind even when others were unkind to him How did the little tramp make a sad situation entertaining Here is an example from one of his most famous films The Gold Rush It is the mid nineteenth century and gold has just discovery in California Like so many others the little tramp and his friend have rushed there in search of gold but without 成功 Instead they are hiding in a small hut on the edge of a mountain during a snowstorm with nothing to eat They are so hungry they try boiling a pair of leather shoes for their dinner Charlie first 挑出 the laces and eats them 好像 they were spaghetti Then he 切下来 the leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest steak 2 Finally he tries cutting and chewing the bottom of the shoe He eats 每一口 with great enjoyment The acting is so 说服力 convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted Charlie Chaplin wrote directed and produced the films 他主演的电 影 In 1972 he was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work in films He lived in England and the USA but spent his last years in Switzerland he was buried in 1977 He is loved and remembered as a great actor 他鼓舞人们并增强他们的信心 LISTENING THE STORY OF THE DRUNKEN CHICKENS Listen to Part 1 Listen again and fill in the blanks Mary Smith looked at the beautiful ripe plums They would make lovely jam When she had finished the cooking she filled all her empty jam jars and left the rest of the jam in the pan She would put it in the fridge when it was cooler But just then the telephone rang her mother was in hospital after a car accident Mary picked up her bag and ran out of the house Some days later her husband John came home from a business trip He had been travelling all day and felt like having a drink and a piece of cake As he came into the kitchen he saw a pan with a dark red mess inside it He lifted it up and smelled it It smelled bad Mary must have forgotten to clean this pan he thought So he poured all the jam into the chicken yard and cleaned the pan Then feeling comfortable he began to eat a piece of cake Listen to Part 2 Listen again and fill in the blanks When Mary returned she noticed the chickens behaving strangely They were running round the yard as if they were sick She saw the dark red mess on the ground and went closer When she saw a plum stone she went into the kitchen Her husband was reading a newspaper at the table Angrily Mary rushed up to him You threw away my jam she shouted Oh that s what it was he said I m sorry but I thought it was porridge which had gone bad in the hot weather Good heavens said Mary That must be the jam I left in the pan but why didn t you throw it in the dustbin John laughed It was a mistake However the chickens have enjoyed the jam expect that it has made them drunk What are we going to do with these drunken chickens 3 LISTENING THE STORY OF THE DRUNKEN CHICKENS Listen to Part 1 Listen again and fill in the blanks Mary Smith looked at the beautiful plums They would make lovely jam When she had the cooking she filled all her jam jars and left the of the jam in the pan She would put it in the when it was But just then the telephone rang her mother was in after a car accident Mary picked up her and ran out of the house Some days later her John came home from a business He had been travelling all day and like ha ving a drink and a piece of As he came into the he saw a pan with a dark red inside it He lifted it up and it It smelled bad Mary must have to clean this pan he thought So he all the jam into the chicken yard and the pan Then comfortable he began to eat a piece of cake Listen to Part 2 Listen again and fill in the blanks When Mary she noticed the chickens behaving They were running round the as if they were She saw the dark red mess on the ground and went When she saw a plum stone she went into the kitchen Her husband was reading a at the table Mary rushed up to him You threw away my jam she Oh that s what it was he said I m